San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-09
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.

THE Paris News actually knows when
it is the exponent OF lost cause. This
is more sense than some other journals
in Texas possess.
Texas has pioneered the way for Ten
nessee. The election there comes off
seven weeks from Thursday, but so far
has attracted little attention at home or
abroad.
FORAKERS question to Powell, asking
him as TO his approval or disapprOval OF
the battle flag order remains unans-
wered. Powell knows that he can not
open his mouth on this question with
out putting his foot in it, so keeps quiet.
SUSAN B. will net think much Of her
big brother, the LeavenwOrth editor
who took cOwhiding. Susan b would
have shown different spirit. No one
questions her genuine grit and Unborn
courage.
The navy department at Washington,
is preparing to get ready to commence
to begin to enter upon the building Of a
United States navy. After their signal
success with Atlanta. they will probably
cast their guns and build the ship under
them.
THE Boerne Paper Ia authority for the
statement that the reputed 1900 ma
jOrity is canard on the strength Of
which to work of few kegs of beer and
demijOhns OF whisky. Patent applied
for. Garry the tidings to Waco.
SEGUIN is preparing to receive and
jubilate with the members of Debray's
| old brigade, which meets there on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday OF this
week.
CINCINNATI In preparing for the great
centennial next year, is also preparing
| for the great conventions OF the repub-
liGan and democratic parties, which il
will invite, and which 1t thinks it can
| entertain as well, or better, than any
city west OF the Alleghenies.
SOUTHERN Wisconsin and Northern
Michigan are drying up. Clouds OF dust
cover the ground corn Is being cut up
| for fodder; the forests are on fire In
Northern Michigan, and from the lakes
to the Mississippi drOuth and dust reign
II is worse than our drOuth regions.
CANADA council prohibits the importa-
| ton Of beef cattle from the United
States into any Of the northwest prov
| inCrs. This includes Manitoba and
| British Columbia. The market closes in
all around Uncle Sam. He must slaugh-
ter at home and ship as dressed meat.
TO this must Texas come.
RETURNS are by no means assuring Of
of the fate of the registration amend
| ment. The border counties voted
very strongly against it. This sin Law
also at the democratic door. Texas bad
registration law until that reactiOnary
party expunged it from the statute book.
They can tear down but not build up.
The resolution in the Hawaii Islands
gives that people a republican form Of
government with perpetual president
In the shape OF hereditary king, who
has no more power than the elected
head Of a republic. How the two will
dOvetail remains to be seen. The people
are hardly ready for such form Of gov
eminent.
THERE are two democratic parties in
Texas. The democratic party that sub.
mitted the amendment and fought for II
claims naturally to be that party. II
carried the legislature by a two-thIrd
vote. The other democratic party, &C
called, Is an assumption. 1t was much
more republican than democratic and
consequently got there with both feet.
The democracy are drawing theil
lines for the coming fight in the stat,
convention. They will read no one GU
Of the party but they will read prohibi
tiOn out or In and that will take tn,
other party out whether read out Of
not. A rose by any other name smelll
just as sweet. Read out, sung out
prayed out, voted out or put out, 1t is al
the same. The split in the democrati,
| party has come to stay
Quincy, OF Galveston, member fol
Texas Of the national republican execu
tive committee, recently returned from
the east, is enthusiastic for the nOmina
tion Of Blaine. The LIGHT is Blain,
journal, or Sherman journal, or al
Allison journal; that is, the warm sup
porter Of the man who will be nOmi
mated by the national republican cOnven
ton to carry the banner in the mex
campaign. Persons are less than prin
ciples in this fight and the republican
who can harmonic the party and secure
its full vote is the man that the LIGH,
desires to see nominated.